Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement Records, 1891-1990.

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Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement Records, 1891-1990.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122533094

The records include annual reports, correspondence, financial records, membership lists, memos, minutes, newsclippings, reports, photographs, and publications.

23 linear feet (46 boxes)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6751914

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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King's Daughters and Sons Tenement House Chapter (New York, N.Y.)

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Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914

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Journalist, author, and humanitarian. From the description of Jacob A. Riis papers, 1870-1990 (bulk 1887-1913). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060723 Reformer, journalist, author. From the description of Papers of Jacob A. Riis [manuscript], 1899-1914. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814455 Jacob A. Riis, journalist and social reformer, was born in Denmark and moved to the United States at 21. He became a reporter for the New York trib...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement (New York, N.Y.)

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Social settlement founded in 1891 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan by "The King's Daughters," an organization of Episcopal church women, and Jacob A. Riis. Incorporated in 1898 as "The King's Daughters Settlement" the institution was rededicated as Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement in 1901. In its early years the settlement sponsored clubs, classes, health care and summer camping. In 1942 the settlement collaborated with the New York City Board of Education to provide social services from...

King's Daughters Settlement (New York, N.Y.)

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New York City Housing Authority (New York, N.Y.)

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United Neighborhood Houses, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)

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